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Letter, from Fearon Fallows to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's College, Cambridge

Reference number: HS/7/156

Date: 19 February 1820

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Pleased to hear of his election to the Astronomical Society. No further news of the projected observatory at Cambridge. Has John Frederick William Herschel any news of the Observatory to be erected at the Cape? Would John Frederick William Herschel add his name to his certificate for the Royal Society [of London] Is he interested in the Plumian Professorship?

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HS/7/156
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19 February 1820
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3 pages
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Fearon Fallows, Letter, from Fearon Fallows to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's College, Cambridge, 19 February 1820, HS/7/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_156/letter-from-fearon-fallows-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-johns-college-cambridge, accessed on 11 May 2026

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